Educative Gymkhana -- How to save a life: Educative strategy on first aid for adolescents

Abstract

Introduction: It appears that health education is a teaching and learning strategy aimed at improving the quality of life and health of the population. Objective: Describe an educative strategy on first aid for adolescents. Methodology: This is an action research carried out in May 2019 with 27 adolescents, students from a school located in the city of Itapajé, Ceará. The research followed the following steps: Initiation of the Action Research Project; The Definition of Theoretical Conceptual Framework; Definition of the Context and Purpose of the Research; and data collection, which took place in four moments, using a semi-structured Data Collection Instrument and application of the Educational Gymkhana - How to save a life. Research approved by the Research Ethics Committee with number 3,241,797.   Results: The educative Gymkhana - how to save a life was organized in six stages: Pie in the face, Cooperation Game, Challenge, Physical resistance, Quiz and demo, being that it tried to leave the moment relaxed, dynamic, competitive and of learning and participation. It was found that the participants were interested in learning about first aid, mainly when accompanied by the use of educative Technologies. Conclusions: Gymkhana contributed significantly to the learning of first aid by students, which enabled them to prevent health problems in addition to making them possible disseminators of knowledge.